1969 Topps Baseball

In 2007 I returned to collecting cards after stopping at the age of 13 in 1994. When I restarted, my Dad gave me his collection, which included a few hundred dusty Topps baseball cards from the late 60's and early 70's from when HE was a kid. Now, I've decided to complete the 1969 set with a good start of about a third of the set.
-- Pack Addict 3/13/2009

Pack Addict has turned this blog over to me, so I will be continuing the tradition.
-- Jim from Downingtown - Jan 2012

Saturday, March 27, 2021

AL Batting Leaders (#1, #3, #5)

These are the 1968 AL leaders in batting average, RBI, and home runs.

One year after his Triple Crown season, Yaz led the AL in batting again (although with only .301).

Frank Howard (and surprisingly, Ken Harrelson) appear twice on these cards.

FOUR grand slams for the Tigers' Jim Northrup!

I got all these cards in 1969. I wonder why the RBI card has retained its bright white back while the others have yellowed.

Re-cap:

Red Sox - 3

Senators - 2

Tigers - 2

Twins - 1

Athletics - 1

4 comments:

Eric C. LoyMarch 27, 2021 at 6:34 PM
Jeez Cater is in a ChiSox uniform.
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DouglasApril 1, 2021 at 11:41 AM
In 1968 Harrelson does the highly unusual, has a career year at the plate in a year nobody (especially in the AL) had a career year maybe with exception of Gates Brown. Otherwise his power was negated by poor BA.
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PaulApril 5, 2021 at 7:22 PM
It's funny that the batting "leaders" go all the way down to .211.
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Jim from DowningtownApril 10, 2021 at 12:25 AM
Paul,

LOL! When the list only starts at .301, it doesn't take as long to get to .211
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